Robert J. Sawyer wins third consecutive Aurora Prize for WWW trilogy

Penguin Canada editor Adrienne Kerr and Robert J. Sawyer, who won Best Novel at the 2012 Aurora Awards in Calgary, Aug. 11. (Photo: Tim Reynolds)

In Calgary on Saturday, the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association celebrated the winners of the 2012 Aurora Awards as part of the organization’s annual convention and the city’s When Words Collide festival.

The night’s big winner was Robert J. Sawyer, whose Wonder (Penguin Canada) took home the *$500 SF Canada Award and the Aurora for best novel, an award he’s won in three consecutive years for each title in his WWW trilogy. (Watch won in 2011 and Wake won in 2010). The award is Sawyer’s 12th Aurora since the prize was launched in 1980.

Here is the full list of winners:

Best NovelWonder, Robert J. Sawyer (Penguin Canada)

Best Short Fiction
The Needle’s Eye, Suzanne Church, from Chilling Tales: Evil Did I Dwell; Lewd I Did Live (EDGE)

Best Poem/Song
“Skeleton Leaves,” Helen Marshall (Kelp Queen Press)

Best Graphic NovelGoblins, Tarol Hunt (Webcomic)

Best Related WorkOn Spec: The Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic, Copper Pig Writers’ Society